VELAR is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. VELAR is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept VELAR?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful VELAR is to know. It scores 8 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for VELAR
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
velarsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How VELAR scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in VELAR, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What stands out about VELAR
- The same 5 tiles also spell 2 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does VELAR mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Relating to the velum, either the soft palate at the back of the mouth or, in phonetics, a consonant sound made by raising the back of the tongue against it.
In phonetics, velar describes consonants such as the k in cat or the g in go, both produced by touching the back of the tongue to the soft palate. Linguists group velar sounds together with labial and alveolar consonants as different places of articulation used to classify how speech sounds are physically produced. Outside linguistics, velar can also describe anatomical structures connected to the velum, such as in descriptions of the palate during swallowing or speech.
How VELAR is used
A technical term used mainly in phonetics and anatomy; rarely appears in everyday speech.
- The letter k represents a velar consonant in English.
- Linguists classified the sound as velar rather than alveolar.
- The textbook diagram showed the tongue forming a velar stop.
- Some languages have several distinct velar sounds.
- The professor demonstrated the velar articulation slowly.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of VELAR and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of VELAR
The 5 tiles of VELAR in a different order — 2 found.
Words starting with VELAR
16 longer words begin with VELAR.
Words ending in VELAR
2 words end in VELAR. Useful as a back hook: play VELAR onto a word already on the board.
Words with VELAR inside
2 words contain VELAR in the middle. Words that start with VELAR are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in VELAR
Common questions about VELAR
- Is VELAR valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts VELAR, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is VELAR worth?
- VELAR is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does VELAR mean?
- Relating to the velum, either the soft palate at the back of the mouth or, in phonetics, a consonant sound made by raising the back of the tongue against it.
- What letters can be added to VELAR?
- VELAR takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of VELAR:
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